While we have an oven in the van I am reluctant to use it for cooking meat - so instead I roast outside in a Bessemer pan with a vented domed lid on a gas burner or electric hot plate if in a caravan park. Does a great job and while it was an expensive purchase was well worth it as it is so multipurpose - vented lid is important otherwise food gets a bit steamed.
-- Edited by villatranquilla on Sunday 26th of May 2013 11:06:41 AM
Wild1 said
04:03 PM May 26, 2013
Hi all, In this chilly weather I was contemplating how to make a warming roast when I don't have an oven in the MH - so I though I could take my cast iron dutch oven that takes about 3-4 litres, put a wire trivet in the bottom and then place the meat & veg on that and cook it on the stove top on a low heat. Ditto with anything else that requires baking by placing a smaller heatproof dish inside on the trivet. Has anyone else tried this and what results did you get?
W1
my van said
05:07 PM May 26, 2013
Wild1 wrote:
Hi all, In this chilly weather I was contemplating how to make a warming roast when I don't have an oven in the MH - so I though I could take my cast iron dutch oven that takes about 3-4 litres, put a wire trivet in the bottom and then place the meat & veg on that and cook it on the stove top on a low heat. Ditto with anything else that requires baking by placing a smaller heatproof dish inside on the trivet. Has anyone else tried this and what results did you get?
W1
yes I have done this regularly , but not for a while now
I also used this idea to cook cakes in the camp oven
You should have a successfull bake and or cook up.
sandsmere said
07:08 PM May 26, 2013
Often cook in the camp oven on an open fire . Great for roasting .
Did some venison last week . Supurb .
Have used it inside a normal oven too , but not on a hotplate .
my van said
08:55 PM May 26, 2013
Onedodger wrote:
We have used our camp oven on the gas cook top a few times when the weather keeps one in.
You will find it takes a little longer but the results are pretty good.
Always worth the try for some good chow.
Great to read here where you used the word "one" where most people would have wrote "you"
The use of "one " is correct where as "you" is not necessarly correct.
I did notice the word "you" was used at the start of the second line. ( not necessarily correct )
I do hope I am correct in mentioning this.
Does anyone else have a comment about the use of the "you " word in this context.
-- Edited by my van on Sunday 26th of May 2013 09:07:33 PM
Wombat 280 said
09:52 PM May 26, 2013
Please lets us not go into lessons of grammar, punctuation or the like. So long as one can get the drift all should become self explanatory. Comments on others grammatical omissions can result in adverse reactions all round.
-- Edited by Wombat 280 on Sunday 26th of May 2013 09:54:10 PM
Onedodger said
11:52 PM May 26, 2013
We have used our camp oven on the gas cook top a few times when the weather keeps one in.
You will find it takes a little longer but the results are pretty good.
Always worth the try for some good chow.
Wild1 said
02:34 AM May 27, 2013
Thanks for your feedback, I'm pleased that others have already road tested this method to success, and there's more than one way to ... roast a chicken!!
Jennifer
my van said
05:14 AM May 27, 2013
Wombat 280 wrote:
Please lets us not go into lessons of grammar, punctuation or the like. So long as one can get the drift all should become self explanatory. Comments on others grammatical omissions can result in adverse reactions all round.
-- Edited by Wombat 280 on Sunday 26th of May 2013 09:54:10 PM
This was written as a general comment as to what is commonly written . No way personal, I thought this was clear
Pete49 said
06:25 AM May 27, 2013
My wife dosent like dutch ovens but then covering her up with a quilt is probably why...no sense of humour I reckon Pete
dorian said
02:11 PM May 27, 2013
I confess that I was expecting a fart joke (and someone dutifully obliged), so I had to look it up:
According to Wikipedia, Dutch ovens "are called casserole dishes in English speaking countries other than the USA".
BTW, the biggest grammatical annoyance for me is to see old septuagenarians using the same kind of lowercase SMS-ese drivel as their pretentious adolescent grandchildren. In my day it was still fashionable to write legibly, to speak legibly, and to be able to perform simple arithmetic without reaching for an iThing. Nowadays you don't need any of these skills because literacy and numeracy have become unkewl. And this is at a time when everyone has a spellchecker at their fingertips, and when mobile phones have predictive text.
Dougwe said
04:36 PM May 27, 2013
I had a similar thought a while back now and used a pyrex type dish without the lid and made up a beef stew in it, then cooked it in my Baby Q, stirring occasionally to get those Q flavours through the stew. Very successful too I might add. I added some veggies as well so ended up with a full meal. YUM.
Willow said
02:32 AM May 28, 2013
I nearly missed this thread because in our house 'Dutch oven' is outlawed from the bedroom. Camp oven, however is a different story. We don't have a stove in our house so we have cooked hundreds of roast dinners in the camp oven. No problem on a gas cooker but remember the outside of the camp oven will be just as hot as the inside so take care, especially indoors. I have not yet found a campsite that I couldn't sneak in some sort of fire as to cook a reasonably sized roast would use up a lot of gas. I don't use a trivot but turn very thing often to avoid burning on the bottom. This photo shows my camp oven on a home made wood stove. Inside is a leg of home grown pork. You could look at getting an ozpig or something similar to enjoy regular roast dinners.
Wild1 said
02:53 PM May 28, 2013
G'day Willow, glad you didn't miss out. Last night I used the Dutch oven (which is a cast iron vessel with a lid but not like a camp oven) to do an experimental roast on my cooktop. Not really happy with the outcome - without the trivet this time, the meat had to be turned several times which injured the vegies, the pumpkin became mushy and the spuds weren't crunchy so back to the drawing board. Maybe I'm a bit too fussy with food and spoilt from having all the conveniences at home.
PS what is an ozpig?
Jennifer
Willow said
03:29 PM May 28, 2013
Sounds like a little too much moisture in the pot. This happens all the time if the meat has been frozen. Leave the lid off when you notice a bit of steam to boil the moisture off then replace it. http://www.ozpig.com.au/
While we have an oven in the van I am reluctant to use it for cooking meat - so instead I roast outside in a Bessemer pan with a vented domed lid on a gas burner or electric hot plate if in a caravan park.
Does a great job and while it was an expensive purchase was well worth it as it is so multipurpose - vented lid is important otherwise food gets a bit steamed.
-- Edited by villatranquilla on Sunday 26th of May 2013 11:06:41 AM
Hi all, In this chilly weather I was contemplating how to make a warming roast when I don't have an oven in the MH - so I though I could take my cast iron dutch oven that takes about 3-4 litres, put a wire trivet in the bottom and then place the meat & veg on that and cook it on the stove top on a low heat. Ditto with anything else that requires baking by placing a smaller heatproof dish inside on the trivet. Has anyone else tried this and what results did you get?
W1
yes I have done this regularly , but not for a while now
I also used this idea to cook cakes in the camp oven
You should have a successfull bake and or cook up.
Often cook in the camp oven on an open fire . Great for roasting .
Did some venison last week . Supurb .
Have used it inside a normal oven too , but not on a hotplate .
Great to read here where you used the word "one" where most people would have wrote "you"
The use of "one " is correct where as "you" is not necessarly correct.
I did notice the word "you" was used at the start of the second line. ( not necessarily correct )
I do hope I am correct in mentioning this.
Does anyone else have a comment about the use of the "you " word in this context.
-- Edited by my van on Sunday 26th of May 2013 09:07:33 PM
Please lets us not go into lessons of grammar, punctuation or the like. So long as one can get the drift all should become self explanatory. Comments on others grammatical omissions can result in adverse reactions all round.
-- Edited by Wombat 280 on Sunday 26th of May 2013 09:54:10 PM
We have used our camp oven on the gas cook top a few times when the weather keeps one in.
You will find it takes a little longer but the results are pretty good.
Always worth the try for some good chow.
Thanks for your feedback, I'm pleased that others have already road tested this method to success, and there's more than one way to ... roast a chicken!!
Jennifer
This was written as a general comment as to what is commonly written . No way personal, I thought this was clear
Pete
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_oven
According to Wikipedia, Dutch ovens "are called casserole dishes in English speaking countries other than the USA".
BTW, the biggest grammatical annoyance for me is to see old septuagenarians using the same kind of lowercase SMS-ese drivel as their pretentious adolescent grandchildren. In my day it was still fashionable to write legibly, to speak legibly, and to be able to perform simple arithmetic without reaching for an iThing. Nowadays you don't need any of these skills because literacy and numeracy have become unkewl. And this is at a time when everyone has a spellchecker at their fingertips, and when mobile phones have predictive text.
This photo shows my camp oven on a home made wood stove. Inside is a leg of home grown pork.
You could look at getting an ozpig or something similar to enjoy regular roast dinners.
G'day Willow, glad you didn't miss out. Last night I used the Dutch oven (which is a cast iron vessel with a lid but not like a camp oven) to do an experimental roast on my cooktop. Not really happy with the outcome - without the trivet this time, the meat had to be turned several times which injured the vegies, the pumpkin became mushy and the spuds weren't crunchy so back to the drawing board. Maybe I'm a bit too fussy with food and spoilt from having all the conveniences at home.
PS what is an ozpig?
Jennifer
http://www.ozpig.com.au/